Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Tell the people exactly what they want to hear, but go on doing exactly what you want to do.

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f a serious crisis is, as Former Jr. Senatard Øfascist's chief of staffdeputy führer Rahm al-Emanuel believes, something you "never let go to waste" because "it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before," then why just sit around and wait for one to materialize? Why not instead give yourself that opportunity early and often by purposefully creating such crises?

Chicken coming down from his roost."Obama at fund-raiser at Steven and Judy Gluckstern's home, April 9, 2007. George Soros is seated to the right of the stairs. (Photo: Michael Edwards) [Spotlights on pulleys, puller, and pullee: Libsareb Raindead]"

If Joseph Goebbels could speak from hell, no doubt he would advise you to tell everyone over and over again that you "inhereted this crisis." Your intent, of course, is to keep people from noticing that the biggest, fattest hand in creating it is your own. In short, SODDI (some other dude did it).

Trying to pass off your "solutions" to the crisis as new and different is, however, more problematic. After all, you really aren't interested in solving anything: No crisis, no "opportunity to do things you couldn't do before." And there are lots and lots of such things.

No matter. You can always come up with a name you think feel just positively screams "New!" and "Different!" later.

The fact that your so-called change has been, all in all, for the dramatically worse could be cause for despair. Not because that's something everyone with at least half a brain was entirely able to predict. But because everyone else — i.e., your supporters — expected you to make everything all better. If they're to remain your supporters you have to re-enlist that willing and able media of yours to help sell them on the Big Lie™ idea that "we and everyone else misread the economy." No doubt they'll buy it. After all, they were the ones who voted your dangerously incompetent selves into office, weren't they?

If that fails, too, you can go back to blaming others. The only problem here is coming up with an answer that totally ignores the fact you now enjoy a complete lock on all power. Thus how can it be any of their fault? But don't worry, your loyal lapdog media will allow you to pin it all on them somehow.